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Service Marketing Class
Service Marketing Class
Brand equity : The brand assets and liabilities linked to a brand’s name
Service
Branding
Corporate Sub
Brands Brands
Presented brand
External brand
Communications
(WOM)
Brand meaning
(customer’s dominant
perception)
6-1
A Service Branding Model:
How Communications + Experience Create Brand Equity
Marketer-controlled communications
Firm’s
Brand Equity
Media, Intermediaries,
Word-of-Mouth
Meaning Attached
Customer’s Experience To Firm’s Brand
with Firm
6-2
Marketing Communication and the Internet (1)
• International in Scope
• Internet Applications
6-3
Marketing Communications and the Internet (2)
• Web Site design considerations
– useful/interesting
– Easy navigation
– Fast download
• Internet advertising
– Banners and buttons on portals and other websites seek to draw online traffic to
own site
– Hence, advertising contracts may tie fees to marketing relevant behavior (e.g.,
giving personal info or making purchase) 6-4
Communications Challenges
in Services Marketing
• Facilitate customer involvement in production